Cynthia Ann Parker
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Cynthia Ann Parker, Naduah, Narua, or Preloch, was an American woman who was kidnapped around age nine by a Comanche band during the Fort Parker massacre in 1836, where several of her relatives were k
Cynthia Ann Parker, or Narua (Was Found), and daughter, Topsannah (Prairie Flower), in 1861
Tintype of Cynthia Ann Parker, 1861
Chief Quanah Parker clasping a peyote feather fan
Cynthia's grave
Peta Nocona
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Peta Nocona, also known as Puhtocnocony, or Tah-con-ne-ah-pe-ah, the son of Puhihwikwasu'u, or Iron Jacket, was a chief of the Comanche Quahadi band. He married Cynthia Ann Parker, who had been taken
Cynthia Ann Parker
…conform to European-American society. Her Comanche name means "was found" or "someone found". Thoroughly assimilated as Comanche, Parker had married Peta Nocona, a chief. They had three children together, including son Quanah Parker, who became the last free Comanche chief. Parker was captured by the Texas…
Texas historical marker in Crowell, Texas